Kurang Asam nyer Wikipedia !!

Kurang Asam nyer Wikipedia !! After I received e-mails requesting petion for Wikipedia to remove the 'untrue' pictures depicting our Blessed Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) from their site... I signed it, then decided to write to them personally regarding this issue. I received such a 'negative' reply. I shall, later write to them again voicing my disappointment !!

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I wrote :

Shaikha Alkhatib wrote:

> Hi,

> I have received news, mails & request to sign petitions for Wikipedia to remove any depiction of our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the form of any pictures.

> Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad , I am surprised to find there are indeed a couple of pictures depicting the image of our Prophet. This is indeed wrong, and a very very sensitive issue to the Muslims. There must NOT be any image of the Prophet... period! I am sure your good team are aware of the 'stir' & chaos arising if & when this 'rules' are being violated. The Dutch cartoon is a good example. I am sure your good team don't ever want to taint the good image of Wikipedia as being a very resourceful site. I have always enjoyed & find Wikipedia as being a very vast informative source for knowledge.

> Eventhough I am aware that wikipedia hv no "editorial board", however, for such 'sensitive' issue, I sincerely hope that your team can 'do' something about it. I don't want to go thru' petitions to request for the removal of the pictures (Prophet Muhammad), so, I personally wish to make a personal request here.

> Hoping for your wise judgement.

> Sincerely,

> Shaikha J.H.A

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Their reply :

--- On Tue, 2/5/08, Wikipedia information team wrote:

From: Wikipedia information team

Subject: Re: [Ticket#2008020510003111] Please action & remove pictures

To: "Shaikha Alkhatib"

Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 1:58 AM

Dear Shaikha Alkhatib,

Thank you for your mail.

I'm sorry you were offended by this article. As stated in our disclaimers, Wikipedia contains content that some may find offensive. Our goal is to provide full and accurate information for the education of all. This means that we have text and images that some may feel overly explicit or may go against the beliefs of some religious groups.

The inclusion of this content has been the subject of much serious discussion in the Wikipedia community. Some feel that Wikipedia should be mindful of religious beliefs; others feel equally strongly that we should present full information. As always, the content of any individual article is a decision which was made by the editing community, in this case after extended debate - there are no top-down decisions in cases such as this. Wikipedia is written by volunteers, and these volunteers make decisions on content according to consensus.

On specific articles such as the one you mention, it would be very difficult to give full and accurate information without including those relevant details or images. I hope that you will understand our desire to give all the information available to our readers.

The relevant disclaimer can be read at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_disclaimer>

Yours sincerely,

Antti Aaltonen

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What to do if they say so !! What happen to our powerful Muslim leaders & scholars ??.. keeping quiet ??

InsyaAllah, the petition will bear good result.

Let's do'a together that the Wikipedia team will 'see' their mistake for retaining these 'offensive' pictures... and quickly remove them from the site.

Ameen....